This May 15, Rumbo celebrates another year since it began. It is true that time passes very quickly and we are surprised to see that twenty-three years have passed. During that time, we have learned many things.
It’s hard to understand where the years have gone except for the memories they left behind, the precious events we covered, the wonderful people we’ve met and the good friends we met in the process.
We know this community much better than before. Covering events has been the easiest way to see our differences and also the similarities. We crave and work for the same things in life and when we treat each other with respect, we see that we are the same no matter what language we speak.
When we examine old editions, we can see familiar faces, events that we covered several years ago that look like yesterday. We have seen children born and grown up. We have seen and reported on their successes. That has been our greatest reward.
From the beginning, our motivation has been to focus on local news from the Merrimack Valley, especially Lawrence, our home. Twenty-three years later, our interest has not been diverted and we are proud to work hard to bring you good news about our neighbors and to break the language barrier that sometimes separates us.
We came to live in Lawrence many years ago because we liked the city. As we learned ‘how it works’, we come to feel a deep respect for its history and we want to contribute so that future generations appreciate what we leave behind.
When we started, the future was insecure; no one could predict success, particularly, when none of us is a journalist or knew how to publish a newspaper but the need for local information existed and we ventured.
As immigrants, we can say: No one is a prophet in his own land! That has not changed; we are not journalists yet, but our hearts are in the right place waiting for this city to be a little better because Rumbo was here once.
Thanks to everyone who has helped these twenty-three years being such a beautiful experience. Whether with your ads, writing for us, or just being available when we were looking for some information, the people of this city encourage our commitment to continue doing the best we can.
